MEMOIR xix 



H. J. Evans, for whom and for all his family he 

 had the warmest regard. 



It had been his wish either to go into the army 

 or to continue his education at Oxford ; but when he 

 left Charterhouse circumstances made either course 

 almost impossible for the time being. Though it 

 was necessary for him to find some employment at 

 once on leaving school, he did not give up the idea 

 of going to Oxford later on, but set to work with 

 characteristic energy and courage to earn the means 

 to take him there. A private tutorship seemed to 

 him to offer the best opening for this purpose, and 

 he shortly afterwards obtained such a post in York- 

 shire. He was then not eighteen, and his pupil, an 

 only son, was some eight or nine years younger than 

 himself, but before long they became so much attached 

 to one another that their relations were more like 

 those of an elder and younger brother than of a tutor 

 and pupil, and the strong affection which sprung up 

 between them lasted all his life. His relations, too, 

 with his pupil's parents were of the happiest description, 

 and he always felt how much he himself owed to the 

 scholarly tastes and kindly guidance that he met 

 with in that household. He made many friends in 

 Yorkshire, and constantly revisited them in later years. 

 " I have never forgotten," writes one of the friends 

 of his youth, " the delightful days we had together at 



L , getting up at three and four to go after wild 



duck. I thoroughly enjoyed those walks and talks 

 with him, and he taught me to use my eyes." 



His delight in the strange beauty of the Doncaster 



